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The 30th Anniversary of the MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
 Experience Quebec's Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM), also called the Jazz Fest, the largest jazz festival in the world.
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FEATURE BOOK
‘Red, White and Drunk All Over–a Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass'
By Natalie MacLean
Natalie MacLean’s award winning book ‘Red, White and Drunk All Over’ is an informative, often hilarious trip through wine cellars and vineyards around the globe.Read more |
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Night Cruise and Dinner Tour of the Statue of Liberty
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Posted by: Publisher on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 11:57 AM |
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by Babbie DeDerian
 One of the highlights of New York City’s summer schedule of events, and the best bargain in town, are the June, July and August Thursday Night Cruises from Battery Park to Liberty Island. The $35 price of your ticket ($28 for seniors, $15 for children), includes round trip ferry transportation, on island interpretive programs and a full delicious dinner at the Ellis Café, which can be enjoyed on the lawn looking up at her crown or at a patio table overlooking the greatest city in the world
The 2010 Summer program is collaboration among the National Park Service, Statue Cruises and Evelyn Hill, Inc. The evening tours are being offered on June 10; July 8; July 15; July 22; August 5; August 12; and August 19. There will be 1200 tickets available for each night.
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Cruise Portugal & Spain with Amadeus Waterways
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Posted by: Publisher on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 11:53 AM |
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 Amadeus Waterways proudly announces the launch of a brand new itinerary for 2008, Cruising Portugal & Spain, aboard the MS Amadouro. Start your journey with Lisbon, one of Europe’s most beautiful cities, which lies on several hills along the River Tagus.
Explore the Douro River Valley, beginning with Porto, the capital of North Portugal, which also gives its name to one of the finest wines in the world – Port wine. Continue inland and visit the countryside of the Trás-os-Montes Region (Behind the Mountain), with its unique languages and customs that have been nurtured by its picturesque location amongst the steep terraces that climb up and into the mountains.
Enter Spain and visit Salamanca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located at the center of the Castilla y León Region before returning to Portugal. Visit the ancient and picturesque city of Lamego, before concluding your voyage in historic Porto.
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Horseback Riding Vacations at Arizona's Tanque Verde Ranch
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Posted by: Publisher on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 11:03 PM |
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 Tanque Verde Ranch, located on 640 beautiful acres in the foothills of the Rincon mountains east of Tucson Arizona, offers Arizona horseback riding, tennis, guided hiking, mountain biking, nature walks and much more, all included in your nightly rate. If you're looking for dude ranch family vacations or adventurous horseback riding vacations , look no further! This Arizona dude ranch, founded in 1868 in the verdant Sonoran desert, offers the very best of a Southwestern resort along with a historic Arizona dude ranch experience in a secluded natural setting.
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30 Long Island Wineries Welcome Visitors with Viticultural Wonders
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Posted by: Publisher on Monday, May 07, 2007 - 06:54 PM |
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 In little over quarter of a century the Long Island wine industry has grown from one small vineyard to 3,000 acres of vines and over thirty wineries producing world-class wines.Located in New York State, on the East Coast of the United States, Long Island extends some 120 miles into the Atlantic Ocean. Its maritime climate, geography and soil characteristics provide ideal conditions for producing wines of exceptional quality.
The Long Island wine region encompasses Nassau and Suffolk Counties, with the majority of wineries and vineyards at the East End, on the North and South Forks. Here, age-old growing techniques are combined with state-of-the-art technology to produce a range of world-class wines from specific varietals and selected blends. It has been said by many that Long Island is one of the country's most exciting wine producing regions today, with great reviews and high praise found in major food and wine publications nationwide. As the awards continue to accumulate, Long Island wines are increasingly sought after in fine restaurants and wine shops from coast to coast.
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The Baroque World of Fernando Botero Exhibition at Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
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Posted by: Publisher on Friday, February 02, 2007 - 02:47 PM |
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 Painter, sculptor and draftsman Fernando Botero depicts the human drama with emotion and irony, in a Baroque style, with a sense of observation that is sometimes mocking and sometimes deeply moving. Botero has created a unique world that is both accessible and enigmatic, illustrated by a strange mixture of violence et beauty.
Variations on human comedy, Colombian artist Fernando Botero’s paintings, sculptures, and sketches represent a unique but nonetheless readily accessible world of fantasy, illustrated with irony and mockery, in a touchingly moving way. The exhibition, a Canadian first featuring over one hundred works, is on at Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec from January 25 to April 22, 2007.
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First Nations Artist Silyas Saunders Fashions Legend and Melds Myth
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Posted by: Publisher on Friday, February 02, 2007 - 01:05 AM |
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 It started with a spoon. Then a plaque or two…and even a keen interest in the traditional artwork of his people. The end result? A prominent First Nations carver dedicated to his culture, wise in the ways of history and creation. But for elder Nuxalk carver Silyas Saunders, life was not always marked by his talent for creation. Instead, for many of his 60-odd years, days were spent toiling as a logger and a fisherman.
Today, Saunders finds himself in quite a different role – as a creative force within his community, fashioning a host of pieces, great and small, all to celebrate his ancestors and their rich heritage. And his is an important story to tell. As one of the last in a generation to speak the Nuxalk language, Saunders now toils in his own studio in Bella Coola (in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast), crafting both traditional masks, and those which call upon ancient Nuxalk myths. And his efforts have most certainly been recognized. In 1999 (at age 68), Saunders was celebrated as the first international artist to be awarded the prestigious Native Artist Fellowship from the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City.
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Fernie Fat-Tire Adventures for Adrenalin Junkies
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Posted by: Publisher on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 11:12 PM |
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 Fernie Fat-Tire Adventures, a leading Canadian mountain bike tour company, offers award-winning cross-country and downhill mountain bike holidays in British Columbia, Alberta and Peru, ranging from 1 day to 2 weeks. They cater to passionate, experienced mountain bikers who love to ride singletrack through the remote and spectacular wilderness. Tours and camps are fully catered, with comfortable lodging in hotels and backcountry lodges. Experienced local guides lead each trip.
Thrill-seekers and adrenaline junkies with strong bike-handling skills will find the 7-day Rocky Mountain Singletrack trip irresistible. It begins in Calgary, Alberta and includes 4 nights of accommodation in the Fernie Fat-Tire Adventures lodge, 2 nights in cabins, 1 hotel night, hot springs fees, all meals excluding dinner on the final night, and transportation from Calgary. There are several summer departures and pricing begins at $1295 CDN ($1140 USD).
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Tour Tasmania's Haunted Port Arthur Prison
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Posted by: Publisher on Sunday, October 29, 2006 - 02:46 PM |
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By John Kernaghan
Port Arthur, Australia
 It's not difficult to imagine tortured and restless souls wandering the grounds when you walk amongst the ruins of the infamous Port Arthur prison on the Tasman Peninsula. Fully 12,000 men and boys served horrible time here, including many Canadians transported here for crimes ranging from murder to daring to rebel against the British in Upper Canada in 1837.
And, at least one of them, murderer Edwin Merrit of Quebec, rests (by day, at least) on the Isle of the Dead just across the harbour. Is he one of the apparitions who flits amongst the trees, as several visitors have claimed after taking this historic site's ghost tours?
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Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Carlos Garaicoa
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Posted by: Publisher on Monday, September 11, 2006 - 07:22 PM |
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 The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Carlos Garaicoa, an exhibition of one of Latin America’s most high profile artists, Cuban contemporary artist Carlos Garaicoa. The exhibition explores themes of architecture, urbanism, politics, history and human culture through architectural models, drawings, renderings, photography and video.
Organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, this will be the most extensive exhibition of Carlos Garaicoa’s artwork in North America to date, as never-before-seen pieces will be added for the ROM’s engagement. For its sole Canadian stop, Carlos Garaicoa will be on display on the main floor of the Weston Family Wing from September 9, 2006 to December 31, 2006.
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From the Boreal to the Arctic at Parc Aquarium du Québec
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Posted by: Publisher on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 04:17 PM |
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 Come and experience Parc Aquarium du Québec! Travel into the ecosystems of the St. Lawrence River and Canadian waters and discover northern plant and animal life. This 16-hectare site is the only one of its kind in Québec. As you make this amazing journey all the way to the North Pole, you'll have the chance to observe 10,000 fresh and salt-water fish specimens, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, as well as marine mammals, such as Atlantic and Pacific walruses, seals and polar bears.
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